Kitchen utensil.



B. E. DOUGHERT-Y;

KITCHEN UTENSIL. APPLICATION FILED IULY18.1916- RENEWED DEC. 23,

I 91 8. Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

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A TTORNE Y BERNARD E. DOUGHERTY,

' KITCHEN 1,293,379.

Application filed July 1a 19m, Serial No. 109.988.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, BERNARD E. DOUGHERTY,

a cltlzen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of ashington, have invented a new and usefu Improvement in Kitchen Utensils, of Which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in kitchen utensi s andthe object of this imused to firmly grasp the edge cooking vessels, pots, pans, kettles and the like whereby such cooking vessels may be handled without danger of dropping or of burning the hands. In this capacity the device performs the function of a detachable handle that may be instantly applied to cooking vessels of various conformations.

The invention consists in the In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a device constructed in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is a view in side elevatlon of the same as it ma of a pan; Fig. 3 is a View in side elevation of the device as it may appear after the pan as been grasped, and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail in perspective of a portion of the device.

eferring to the drawings throughout which like re gral springs and normally hold the handle elements in the position shown in Fig. 2 in which position they are suitably disposed to form a handle that may be grasped securely within the hand of the user.

he inner ends of the handle members 5 together for a short dis tance as at 8 thence diverge and form the branches 9 that extend forward a short distanceand are then doubled themselves to form knees or supports 10.

Specification of Letters Patent.

peration of taking hold not slip backward on t 0F SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

UTENSIL.

Patented Feb. 4, 1919. Renewed December 23. 1918. Serial No. 268,098.

From the knees 10 the wires converge and The securely twisted together as at 15 thence diverge and extend forward as at 16 and terminate in'upwardly directed pan engaging elements 17, see Fig. 4, that are normally in opposition to the downturned grasping elements 14:.

he device when formed in the above described manner is rable utensil that automatically adjusts itself to, and securely grasps almost anything in t e line of pots, pans and the like that are used inthe kitchen.

11 operation the device is grasped in the hand, the downturned elements 14 are hooked into and over the top edge of a pan 0, as shown in Fig. 2, and a squeezing pressure is exerted on the handle elements 5 and 6 to bring the elements 17 into engagement with the outside of the pan 20 in opposition to the elements 14, as shown in Fig. 3. The pan is thus securely heldby the tong-like action of the elements 14; and the elements and rests against and is steadied by the ee supports 10.

ots, pans and the like are enerally constructed with ange or head thereof which normally lies within the arched portion of der formed by the parts, 11, 12 and d insures that the lifting device will off after engagement with the pan 1s effected. This bead, however, is not necessary to the successful operation of the device since it is found in practice that a fairly heavy pan having no bead or flange on the top edge thereof may be securely held by the exertion of a grip on the handle elements.

The knees 10 are an important element in this device since they are spaced apart and perform the function of braces against which the side of the pan may rest, and engage equally well with either a curved or a straight wall, thus adapting the device for use on either round or rectangular pans.

nary purposes and at the same time afiording a resiliency that permits the device to adapt itself to vessels of different conformaion.

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 2.

1. A pot holder having a handle consistingin spaced upper and lower handle elements connected at their outer ends by an integrally formed arcuate spring member, two arched members on the inner end of said upper handle element, said arched members bein spaced aparttand terminating in downward y directed portions adapted to engage within a pot, two fixed knees disposed to, engage the outside of a pot below said downwarc ly directed portions, and upwardly directed members on the inner end of said lower handle element and adapted to engage the outside flange of a pot adjacent the downwardly directed portions.

6 13M o th s n tal?- nmr be c d o v connected on their outer two;

flare cents each, braid-reusing the 2. A ot holder composed of spring wire that is bent to form a handle consisting in spaced upper and lower handle elements ends by integrally 'ormed arcuate springs, said lower handle elements bein converged and secured together near file inner ends thereof and h n e d erge and bent, up d y n fo pot engaging elements, and said upper han- 30 dle elements being converged and secured together near their 7 inner ends, thence diverged and extended iorwardly to form P ing knee a d. henc ar h d rearw-ardly an up ard y an pr v ded with downward y cted p t r-seeing el me Signed by me at Sea e, l a hi g lthi 1st day of July, 1916. 7

' BERNARD. E. DOUGHEBTY.

Witnesses HOWARD G0$GEQVE., ERN S B- HERALD Commissioner at hunts,

Washington, D. 0. 

